Former Cincinnatian Luctrician Booth will appear as the soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the Boys Choir of Harlem at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

The event is the 35th anniversary gala of the Boys Choir of Harlem.

"This is very big for me and I am very excited," said Mrs. Booth, a divorced mother of two children. "I will also appear as soprano soloist in the choir's special tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."

Mrs. Booth is program development director for the National Environmental Performance Track Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

She is a native of Greenville, Miss., and now lives in Falls Church, Va.

In Cincinnati, she performed in miniproductions of Broadway musicals at Forest View Gardens, including The Merry Widow, The King and I, West Side Stor, and Cats. She has appeared with the Cincinnati and Dayton Opera companies and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Golfforwomen, a nonprofit group that collects used golf equipment to outfit teens, has donated clubs for eight students at Elmwood Place/St. Bernard High School.

The equipment was collected during a drive last month.

Katherine Disney, director, said her group will start a drive next week to collect golf equipment for Withrow High School.

Quadruplets arrived early to Dale and Bethany Workman of Covington. The couple expected the quads to arrive in April, but instead they were born Jan. 13 at University Hospital, weighing between 2 and 3 pounds. Mom and babies are doing well.

The couple was featured in an Enquirer article Dec. 8.

Lauren D. Dickerson, a senior at Walnut Hills High School, will speak at the Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Banquet Saturday at Music Hall Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the Cincinnati African-American Firefighters Association and the Sentinel Police Association.

Ms. Dickerson is the group's scholarship award winner this year.

Research by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America shows that children who are mentored are less likely to drop out of school, use alcohol or other drugs, or be violent. They also are more likely to get along better with their families.

That is why the United Way & Community Chest promotes National Mentoring Month in January.

United Way will maintain a comprehensive list of regional mentoring opportunities.

"Adults volunteering to share just a little of their time, talents and resources as a youth mentor or tutor have the power to help transform a human life," said Miriam West, director of Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Mentoring Program.

For more information, call 721-7900.

Allen Howard's "Some Good News" column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements or uplifting people, let him know at 768-8362, at ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.